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Nesquehoning Mountain
Location of Wyoming County Pennsylvania and Blue Ridge Mountain, well away from the Blue Mountain Ridge and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Highest point
Elevation	1,171 ft (357 m)
Coordinates	41°36′28″N 76°05′35″W / 41.60778°N 76.09306°W / 41.60778; -76.09306
Dimensions
Length	25 mi (40 km) east-west
Width	1–2 km (0.62–1.24 mi) north-south
Geography
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Borders on	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and Glaciated Low Plateau Section
Geology
Orogeny	Appalachian Mountains
Rock age	Silurian?
Rock type(s)	Tuscarora Formation?, Shawangunk Formation? and sedimentary

Blue Ridge Mountain is an isolated single peak in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania overlooking a loop of the Main Branch Susquehanna River in the sparsely settled Endless Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania a couple of miles west of Meshoppen at latitude, longitude coordinates: 41.6078537, -76.0929827 overlooking the northern end of the Wyoming Valley region. US Route 6, a main E-W secondary highway and the railroad tracks built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad once followed by the famous Black Diamond Express named luxury trains on their daily runs from New York City to Buffalo, NY passes by its foot between the summit and the left bank (north) of the Susquehanna River.

References

"Blue Ridge Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-03-29. 1 41.6078537 -76.0929827 413628N 0760535W Meshoppen
^ "Blue Ridge Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Blue Ridge Mountain 1169893 Summit Wyoming PA 41 36 28N 076 05 35W 1171 ft Meshoppen - 02-AUG-1979

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Tunkhannock
Boroughs	Factoryville Laceyville Meshoppen Nicholson Tunkhannock
Townships	Braintrim Clinton Eaton Exeter Falls Forkston Lemon Mehoopany Meshoppen Monroe Nicholson North Branch Northmoreland Noxen Overfield Tunkhannock Washington Windham
CDPs	Lake Winola Mehoopany Noxen Stull West Falls
Unincorporated communities	Bellasylva Bowman Creek Falls Forkston Jenningsville Kasson Brook Lovelton
Ghost town	Ricketts
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